Artist info
Genre
Indie, Pop
band members
Will, Matt and Mitch Tyler.
Website
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Here's a nice piece someone talented wrote about us -
‘Can’t Get It Right’ hits the turbo-boost button on Alt Fiction’s distinctive sound, amping up the tempo and the attitude without sacrificing any of the band’s sun-splattered tone. A brash, bratty dedication to messing up and starting again, what first appears to be an honest-to-goodness three chord number gives way to a sublimely jangly verse riff that’s more Johnny Marr than Billie Joe. Here is a band that doesn’t wear these influences on their sleeve insomuch as use them to sew a new shirt, one that looks as good shouting choruses and as it does crooning dazed lower-octave melodies. Details-wise, it’s a track flanked by a bass line that doesn’t so much walk as glide and drums that seem programmed to shoot to the moon. Tight and crisp without a wrinkle to be seen, it’s the Alt Fiction fit you love in a brand new style. Wear it in good health.
Featured Artist
2020
24
Aug
Alt Fiction
(- Alt Fiction ,
- All My Friends ,
- People You Know , ...
Gold Coast, QLD
Get to know this week's triple j Unearthed Feature Artist, Alt Fiction!
Tell us about your music. How did you develop your sound?
Being brothers we’re pretty lucky in the sense that we literally developed every aspect of being a musician together. We learned guitar together, found our new favourite bands together and wrote our first songs together. As we grew up, the music that we loved at the time always left some mark on our ‘sound’. Slowly those influences have all blurred into one and we’ve ended up with something that is our own. We had a really intense writing period last year where we ended up with 80ish demos. Most of them are trash but we experimented like mad and developed our sound so much because of it.
What’s your greatest source of inspiration for making music?
Wow that’s a tough one. We listen to a looot of music, so when we come across a song that just blows our minds we get super inspired to write a song of that calibre. The type of song that makes every other song you’ve listened to that day sound dull. Know what I mean? It’s almost like the search for the holy grail trying to write that type of song - maybe one day.
What can punters expect from an Alt Fiction live show?
We had a bunch of shows lined up around our first single ‘All My Friends’ but due to the pandemic… well you know what comes next. So we haven’t actually had our first show yet - but we know for a fact that when we do, it’ll be a damn good time!
What’s the best advice you’ve been given and who was it from?
Can’t remember who said it but it always stuck! ‘If you’re not nervous it means you don’t care’. Now we embrace the nerves before all the scary stuff.
What Australian track would you play to cheer up someone who was crying?
Recently heard ‘Under The Thunder’ by Skegss on Rage at like 1am and that track (and music video) has gotta cheer anyone up.
What Australian track would you play to someone to make them cry?
We don’t recommend trying to make someone cry, but if you have to - DMA’s track ‘Delete’ is the right place to start.
You’re the DJ at a party. The dance floor is pumping. What Australian track do you put on next?
Is there any other choice? It’s gotta be ‘My People’ by The Presets. Absolute ripper.
What was the last local gig you went to? How was it?
It's been so long :( Nothing recently but we did catch Kitschen Boy’s Instagram live set which was sick! Thank God for the internet.
Tell us about the bands or people in the local music community that inspire you.
We’re super impressed with Ivey who’ve consistently been upping the bar in our local scene! We played a show together years ago in a library that next to no one came to, so we basically just performed our sets to each other and it was actually a real good time. We were psyched when ‘Midnight’ got added to rotation. Good on 'em!
What are your plans for the rest of 2020?
Praying that we can hit the road before the year is over! We’ve got some good stuff under our belt that we’re keen to get out into the world sooner rather than later. Until then you’ll find us in our bedroom trying to write that smasher.
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high energy guitar records vs melodic pop songs songs.
Alt Fiction: *old el paso 'why don't we have both' meme*
high energy guitar records vs melodic pop songs songs.
Alt Fiction: *old el paso 'why don't we have both' meme*
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Caught you guys play Brisbane on the weekend and this track has been stuck in my head since! You have a new fan over here, and so keen to be along for the ride!
Caught you guys play Brisbane on the weekend and this track has been stuck in my head since! You have a new fan over here, and so keen to be along for the ride!
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What became of Darwin Deez? Maybe he got reincarnated into this inspired little gem.
What became of Darwin Deez? Maybe he got reincarnated into this inspired little gem.